anathema
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But amongst MPs in the other place next door, and outside the Houses of Parliament, the idea of continuing to allow aristocrats seats by dint of birth is anathema to many.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
After all, the concept is considered antithetical or anathema to the Iranian Revolution, which deposed the monarchy led by the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in 1979.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
"The path to rebuilding the right can only happen with the broadest possible spirit of unity, without exclusion and without anathema," he writes.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
Commercials were anathema to Hastings, but Netflix has now built an ad business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
This choice was anathema to Sullivan, who abhorred derivative architecture, but during the meeting he made no objection.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
As he pronounced anathemas on you and your kind, the smile peeked out beneath the sneer.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2011
He can insinuate like a violin, wheedle like a clarinet and thunder anathemas like a great bass drum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Theologians from both traditions eventually concluded that the 16th century anathemas were more a function of crossed wires than a denial that salvation is a no-strings-attached gift from God.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he hurls his anathemas, he tends to scream unintelligibly, suggesting the hapless actor of whom Kenneth Tynan wrote that listening to his Lear "was like lip reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning."
From Time Magazine Archive
He preached the long-neglected truth of justification by faith, in spite of anathemas and excommunications, fast and thickly poured upon him.
From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by John Charles Ryle
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